Peter, I consider the use of nano sized powders as different than using wires even if the wire has nano sized structures on its surface. By using the powder, Rossi and others of a like mind are acknowledging that the surface area is the important variable. Anyone that relies upon wire most likely is thinking of bulk effects. The performance could be orders of magnitude different depending upon where the reaction takes place and how deep it occurs.
The basic reaction of nickel and hydrogen is an idea which perhaps Piantelli came up with and has experimented with. The use of powder should be considered a major improvement to the original concept. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Peter Gluck <peter.gl...@gmail.com> To: vortex-l <vortex-l@eskimo.com> Sent: Mon, Jan 21, 2013 10:45 am Subject: Re: [Vo]:understanding Piantelli et al.'s 2013 EP2368252B1 patent the affair is explained the best at Steve Krivit's NET site. Piantelli has told me that Zichichi has not collaborated with him, has not followed his advices and knew anything better than him.. All the stories Stremmenos tell are not relevant- the patent authority has decided that Piantelli's WO 2010/058288 is good as patent and... finita la commedia! Is useless to attack Piantelli. In the 3 writings about Piantelli on my blog he explains who he got the idea of nanostructures. By the way the rods of Piantelli also have nanostructures on the surface due to hydrogen fragilization. Piantelli is the real Father of the Ni-H branch of LENR. Peter On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 5:29 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote: Stremmenos refers to the work of Zichini: "Piantelli acknowledged his own publication on Nuovo Cimento, but no mention was made of the fact that in the following number of Nuovo Cimento (Vol. 102, No. 12), Prof. Zichichi and his team at the University of Bologna, where I also was teaching at the time, tested Piantelli’s apparatus and discovered that it didn’t work at all, and that all of Piantelli’s statements were unfounded." What is this about? Does anyone know about this paper? I do not have a copy and I have never heard of it. I looked at contents of Nuovo Cimento (Vol. 102, No. 12) at the Springer.com site but I do not see a paper by Zichini. I know that that Cerron-Zaballos were unable to replicate Piantelli. Cerron-Zeballos, E., et al., Investigation of anomalous heat production in Ni-H systems. Nuovo Cimento Soc. Ital. Fis. A, 1996. 109A: p. 1645. - Jed -- Dr. Peter Gluck Cluj, Romania http://egooutpeters.blogspot.com